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Company Law Reform Bill [HL]

moved Amendment No. A193A:"Page 341, line 4, leave out ““there was”” and insert ““the registrar had””" The noble Lord said: This is a simple amendment intended to improve the clarity of this clause. It would be far clearer if the clause read, ““The registrar may remove from the register anything that the registrar had power, but not duty, to include””, instead of, ““anything that there was power, but no duty””. As currently drafted, it is uncertain what or whose power is being referred to. It could mean, for example, the power of primary legislation, which would give the registrar power to remove anything he wished. I am sure that that is not what the Government intend. This amendment would make it clear that the powers referred to are those that the registrar, and no other body, holds. I beg to move.